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Fender American Standard Telecaster Crimson Red MN

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Fender American Standard Telecaster Crimson Red MN
Product no: 9000-0004-1654 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Fender gave the American Standard series guitars a huge upgrade. This Telecaster, for instance, was fitted with a set of brilliant-sounding Custom Shop pickups plus a Stratocaster-style contour on the back of the body for more comfort during playing. This Crimson Red Transparent edition sets itself apart from the other Teles from the series with its beautifully grained ash body. Ash provides fuller bass sounds and more sparkling trebles than the alder bodies. What's more, this is the version with a one-piece maple neck to provide you with that little bit of extra bite and clarity, as opposed to the rosewood version. This guitar comes with an exclusive case, a Fender guitar strap, a guitar cable and a polishing cloth.

Authentic Tele sound with Strat vibe

The two Custom Shop pickups on the American Standard Telecaster are a Broadcaster in the bridge position and a Twisted Tele in the neck position. The Broadcaster provides that authentic Tele sound that is best described as tight and clear with an aggressive, biting tone. Excellently suited for the sparkling cleans you'll find in country music and rock-a-billy, and hard rock distortion. The Twisted Tele pickup leans more towards a Stratocaster single coil, as it provides more output than a Tele neck pickup and sounds a lot more wicked, making it a better match to the bridge pickup. Additionally, this guitar has a three-way pickup switch, a volume and a tone knob. The tone knob is a no-load potentiometer that'll take itself out of the circuit on position 10, making it sound like there's no tone control at all and thus providing a purer, clearer, more raw sound.

Modern embodiment of a timeless classic

Even though they have a high regard for tradition, Fender often applies the latest technology to make their guitars sound and play even better. The neck of this 2012 American Standard Telecaster provides you with more playing comfort thanks to its 22 medium jumbo frets, a relatively flat 9.5-inch fretboard radius and a Bi-Flex truss rod system. This allows for a very low action without buzzing or loss of strings. The comfortable hand-rolled fret edges are of course still present on this guitar, but the vintage-style ash tray bridge has made room for a modern version with six adjustable Strat-type saddles for optimal intonation. The bridge is attached to the body with no fewer than 5 screws, creating an even better transference to the lightweight ash body.

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  • Please note: new deliveries now include the Pro Series black case. It could, however, occur that you receive the ABS SKB case instead.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets 22
Number of strings 6
Bridge type fixed bridge
Pickup configuration SS
Pickup type single-coil (passive)
Neck connection bolt on
Fretboard wood maple
Includes cover no
Includes case yes
Colour red
Country of origin USA
Left-handed no
Body material ash
Scale length 25.5 inches (648mm)
Body type TE

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging) 9,4 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging) 111,0 x 43,5 x 16,0 cm

Product specifications

  • electric, solid-body guitar
  • colour: Crimson Red Transparent
  • finish: high-gloss urethane lacquer
  • body: ash
  • neck: one-piece maple, bolt-on
  • fretboard radius: 9.5 inches (241 mm)
  • string nut: 1.6875 inches (42.8 mm), synthetic bone
  • number of frets: 22, medium jumbo
  • scale length: 25½ inches (648 mm)
  • tuners: Deluxe Fender sealed self-lubricating (staggered)
  • bridge: American Tele, brass plate, vintage-style curved steel saddles
  • hardware: chrome-plated
  • pickups: 1x Custom Shop Broadcaster, 1x Custom Shop Twisted Tele
  • electronics: 1x master volume, 1x Delta Tone, 3-way pickup switch
  • strings: Fender USA 250L, NPS .009 - .042
  • includes: Fender case with TSA latches, instrument cable, guitar strap, polishing cloth


Unique features:

  • now with Fender Custom Shop pickups for that authentic Tele twang
  • contour on the back of the body for more comfort
  • new bent steel saddles with bigger slots for less friction and better tuning
  • 5-screw mounted bridge for better tone transference
  • thinner undercoat finish for better body resonance
  • vintage-style yellow-tinted neck with satin back for more comfort
  • rolled fretboard edges for extra comfort
  • bolt-on neck with Micro-Tilt adjustment, enables you to optimally adjust the neck angle
  • 2-way (Bi-Flex) truss rod for making the neck more concave or convex
  • Delta Tone no-load circuit: pure and original single-coil sound without tone control
  • staggered tuners: no need for a second string guide, producing less buzz and more tone
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Fender American Standard Telecaster Crimson Red MN

Wrote the following about Fender American Standard Telecaster Crimson Red MN
Heb de gitaar nu ruim een week in bezit. Heb altijd op 24 fretten gespeeld, maar was er zo aan gewend.
Wat een geweldig geluid zit er in deze gitaar! Van een felle twang op het brugelement, via een strakke ritmesound op beide elementen naar een warm geluid op het voorste element. Hij klinkt geweldig samen met m'n Marshall fulltube. Zowel clean als crunchy en overstuurd.
En wat een plaatje om te zien: de tekening van het hout dat door de rode kleur heen schijnt en een prachtige Maple neck die er geweldig bijpast.
Ook het speelcomfort is dankzij de uitholling aan de achterzijde van de body heel prettig.
Kortom: een goede aankoop en aanvulling op m'n witte Yamaha SF en ESP LTD EC1000 Vintage black.
Aanrader!!!!
Fender American Standard Telecaster Crimson Red MN

Wrote the following about Fender American Standard Telecaster Crimson Red MN
Heb deze telecaster nu bijna anderhalf jaar en de wow-factor is er nog steeds. Speelt heerlijk, de (maple) hals is een kunststukje en je haalt er werkelijk elk geluid uit dat je wilt. Heb laatst op een Les Paul gespeeld en heb de eigenaar maar gesteund in het idee dat hij een jofele gitaar heeft. Maar zou voor geen goud willen ruilen. Als je het geld voort een american standard 2012 hebt geen moment twijfelen. Topklasse!

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